Retro Gaming News
35 years, and still going strong. Last weekend, the Game Boy celebrated its 35th birthday – a remarkable achievement. This monochrome system will have been a vital entry point for millions of players; it offered home console-standard games in a highly portable form factor and gave us classics such as Super Mario Land 2, Castlevania…
“I told him like, ‘Let’s make sure he doesn’t sound like Arthur Morgan.’”. If you’re a fan of point-and-click adventure games, you’ve probably come across Francisco González’s work in the past. For the last 20 years, he’s been producing some classic games in the genre, from fantastic freeware titles like Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator, to…
Tanks and sports! FPGA developer Jotego has updated the beta version of his JTSHOUSE core for Analogue Pocket and MiSTer, bringing support for five more Namco arcade titles. The titles include a mixture of tank-related action and sporting games. Read the full article on timeextension.com Tanks and sports! FPGA developer Jotego has updated the beta…
Here’s how Sega’s console helped Rockstar find its groove. Back when Grand Theft Auto III was originally released for the PS2, it was a game-changer, popularizing the 3D open-world sandbox and putting its developer Rockstar North firmly on the map. But what you might not know is that it actually owes a great debt of…
“My contact at Fox Studios loved the pitch”. Former Apogee and 3D Realms boss Scott Miller has revealed that he once pitched the idea of a MOBA based on John Carpenter’s 1981 movie Escape From New York. Miller made the revelation in the wake of the news that the modern-day iteration of 3D Realms and…
Thanks to the original devs and members of the 3DO community. The source code to yet another classic video game has just been released online, thanks to a combined effort between 3DO fans and the original developers. This time, the game in question is Krisalis Software’s 1995 3DO port of Star Fighter — a 3D…
Update: Switch and PlayStation versions confirmed. Update : It has been confirmed that Sol: The Gun-Dog is coming to Nintendo Switch, PS5 and PS4 in both digital and physical form this winter. The physical “Starship Edition” of the game will be released for PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch in Europe via of Meridiem Games. It…
Sunnyvale developments have swallowed up Atari’s former home. When you’re talking about buildings of historic importance, Atari’s original Sunnyvale HQ at 1265 Borregas Avenue has to rank right up there. This is where, between 1976 and 1984, Nolan Bushnell’s upstart entertainment company created some of its most famous coin-op hits, as well as the iconic…
Another interesting news story for all of our Amiga readers , as we’ve recently found out through Saberman, that an anonymous developer is working on bringing the Polish point and click adventure game of ‘Sołtys’ over to the Commodore Amiga 1200. A game which was originally released by LK Avalon for MS-DOS on May 23, 1995….
Panic on two years of its yellow handheld marvel. Panic’s Playdate handheld has been available for over two years now and has sold over 70,000 units, but Greg Maletic, Panic’s head of special projects and Playdate, feels there’s still a lot more work to be done. Speaking in an interview with Gamesindustry.biz, Maletic says: Read…